Where are the females at?

The Smurfette principle, no not the girl smurf with blonde hair, is any movie, television show, or video game that only incorporates one female character within a group of male characters. Many TV show, movies, and games have been doing this ever since they could. The mainstream media has gotten better on adding multiple female characters to shows, movies, or games but can still lack on adding females for some odd reason.

One very popular game has been doing it every since it got created. When Mario Brothers first came out the only characters were Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Toad, Yoshi, Wario, Donkey Kong, Waluigi and last but not least the only female character, Princess Peach. She was for the longest time in any of the Mario games, the only female character. In the Super Mario Bros game they would have Princess Peach locked away and guarded by Bowser, who would portray a male character. She would need the males help like Mario and Luigi to free her. This goes against another stereotype that women always need a man’s help, but I will get to that in a second. Princess Peach was the only female character in the game for quite some time. Then they finally decided to add more female characters.

Another add on is the movie Smurfs, which features tiny little human like creatures which are all you guessed it, MALES, except for one, Her name was Smurfette, she was the only female surrounded by all of the male smurfs. In the movie Smurfs, she was created by the enemy of the smurfs in order to distract the males. I know another stereotype!!! Along with failing the Smurfette principle by only having one female, she was again captured by the bad guy and needed help from the males.

Movies, TV shows, and games most of the time have the female be the one needing help from the men. Name a game where it’s the other way around…… That’s right you can’t, and why not? The media has portrayed females as people who always need help from males and can’t do anything for themselves. The mainstream media has really influenced our minds in what is stereotype and what’s not.